The complaints spurred the Pentagon’s inspector general to open an investigation into the alleged manipulation of intelligence. The fact that so many people complained suggests there are deep-rooted, systemic problems in how the U.S. military command (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/17/the-war-on-isis-is-a-drone-war.html) charged with the war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State assesses intelligence.

</section>“The cancer was within the senior level of the intelligence command,” one defense official said.